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Monday, 20 July 2026
13 facts about tears
13 facts about tears
Multipurpose liquid
Associated with emotions, tears are a product of lacrimal glands, found in the eyes of most terrestrial vertebrates. Although their primary function i ...

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Fungi
The fungus Ophiocordyceps unilateralis can take over ants.
Cordyceps species are parasitic fungi that live on animals - insect larvae or spiders - using them a ...
Mushrooms
Mushrooms are some of the oldest inhabitants of the Earth.
Latest evidence suggests that the first mushrooms evolved on Earth between 715 and 810 million years ago.
Earth
Depending on the classification, there are five to seven continents on Earth.
According to the most common division, there are Europe, Asia, North America, South America, Africa, ...
Snow
Snow crystals were first photographed in 1879.
This was done by German lawyer, astronomer, naturalist, and nature photographer Johann Heinrich Ludw ...
Tears
Humans are the only animals able to shed emotional tears.
Despite various studies, no evidence to the contrary has yet been announced.
Titan
On October 15th, 1997, the Cassini-Huygens probe was launched towards Saturn, thanks to which Saturn, its rings, Titan, and Enceladus were examined.
The probe reached Saturn on July 1st, 2004, and six months later, on January 14th, 2005, the Huygens ...
NASA
The Space Shuttle program launched on April 12th, 1981, was the fourth crewed program in NASA's history.
It launched a total of 135 missions and was the first program to reuse a spacecraft. Its main goal w ...
Mushrooms
Fungi live in symbiosis with microorganisms, higher plants (Embryophyte) and animals.
With many plants, they form mycorrhiza (symbiotic association of roots or seeds of vascular plants w ...
Aurora
In the language of the Sámi people (the native inhabitants of Lapland), the name of the aurora "guovssahasah" means "the sun shining in the sky in the morning or evening".
The Sámi people claimed that creating a song about the aurora borealis is dangerous and threatens to draw polar light on themselves, which bode inevitable death.
Silver
Due to its bactericidal properties, silver is also used in the textile industry.